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Prolonged dry coughing

2019-09-30 17:04:05
My mother aged 50yrs is suffering from prolonged dry coughing Like it occurs at a gap of 10days and gets cured within a day or two after taking some medicine like honitus and again reappears within 10 days and gets cured after 2 days by taking honitus She is a patient of hypertension and takes Olmesar A20,metzok 100,nexito forte each as per doctor's advice Is this prolonged dry coughing the side effects of medicine? Or does it signals anything else?
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Yes,Ace inhibitors like olmesartan can cause dry cough as side effects.. Consult your physician and change medicine

Answered2019-09-30 18:03:21

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